Sample Archivist

Bureau Veritas•Mississauga, ON

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Bureau Veritas is looking for a Sample Archivist to join their talented team of experts in the scientific field. This role contributes to the overall operations of the Archiving and Preprocessing departments, ensuring all relevant procedures are followed safely and in a timely manner. The company emphasizes teamwork, idea sharing, and delivering exceptional quality and service, aiming to make a difference in the community and the environment through innovative solutions.

Requirements

Minimum high school education or an equivalent combination of education and work experience in a distribution environment.
Ability to accurately follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and instructions.
Good record keeping, strong time management, organizational skills and detail oriented.
Ability to evaluate priorities and multi-task accordingly.
Thorough understanding of the overall required processes and documentation.
Flexible to adapt to changing priorities and balancing workload to meet new constraints.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Good communication skills (both written and verbal).
Comfortable with Microsoft Office and Outlook.
Dynamic, energetic, motivated professional with a business outlook and "can-do" attitude.

Responsibilities

Performs chemical analysis using a variety of laboratory instrumentation.
Prepares samples for more complex analytical testing procedures.
Follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure accuracy, quality of work and compliance.
Follow all laboratory safety rules, policies and regulations. Adhere to Bureau Veritas Code of Ethics Policy.
Archive, Dispose and Retrieve environmental and food samples as per SOP.
Archive water, food and soil samples.
Dispose samples as required.
Deliver retrieved samples to respective workgroups promptly.
Ensure that all assigned and changing deadlines are consistently met.
Full utilization of SAIL and LIMS to enable trouble-shooting of any problems that may arise.
Employs proper lab techniques to minimize risk of miss-scanning and loss of sample.
General lab support including sort and distribute & grinding of samples in accordance with SOP.
Be proactive in the identification of problems, areas of opportunity and inform the appropriate person to act upon accordingly.
Process email and phone call requests as required. Interacts in a professional manner.
Responsible for ensuring that good and safe house keeping standards are followed, enforced and sustained at all times. Maintain your work area in a clean, safe and an organized manner.
Always be audit compliant. Maintain training records and relevant qualifications.
Provide support to other members of the section.
Other responsibilities as assigned by Supervisor and/or Manager.
Assist in any production efficiencies and implement concurrently with the Supervisor or Manager.
Participate in temperature monitoring of fridges and Freezer.
Generate and maintain some reports for samples– i.e. Disposal Query, Hazardous, PCB, International, Long term retain and Explosives.
Maintain supplies requirement – Stericycle/luger bin and waste drums
Assist in Preprocessing for sorting samples and homogenisation of soil.
Recommend SOP/ WI / CTA / FCD revisions.
Provide input to corrective action procedures and assist in NSC/CAR investigations.